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以動物的生態質問約伯

39 “山巖間的野山羊的產期你能曉得嗎?

母鹿下犢之期你能察出嗎?

牠們懷胎的月數你能計算嗎?

牠們生產的日期你能曉得嗎?

牠們屈身,把子產下,

就除掉生產的疼痛。

幼雛漸漸健壯,在荒野長大,

牠們一離群出去,就不再返回。

誰放野驢自由出去呢?

誰解開快驢的繩索呢?

我使原野作牠的家,

使鹹地作牠的居所。

牠嗤笑城裡的喧嘩,

不聽趕野驢的呼喝聲;

牠探索群山作牠的草場,

尋覓各樣青綠的東西。

野牛怎肯作你的僕人,

或在你的槽旁過夜呢?

10 你怎能用套繩把野牛繫在犁溝呢?

牠怎肯跟著你耙山谷之地呢?

11 你怎能因牠的力大就倚賴牠?

怎能把你所作的交給牠作呢?

12 怎能信任牠能把你的糧食運回來;

又收聚你禾場上的穀粒呢?

13 鴕鳥的翅膀欣然鼓動,

但牠的翎毛和羽毛哪有慈愛呢?

14 牠把蛋都留在地上,

使它們在土裡得溫暖,

15 牠卻忘記了人的腳可以把蛋踩碎,

野地的走獸會把蛋踐踏。

16 牠苛待幼雛,看牠們好像不是自己生的,

就算牠的勞苦白費了,也漠不關心,

17 因為 神使牠忘記了智慧,

也沒有把聰明分給牠。

18 牠挺身鼓翼奔跑的時候,

就譏笑馬和騎馬的人。

19 馬的大力是你所賜的嗎?

牠頸上的鬃毛是你披上的嗎?

20 是你使牠跳躍像蝗蟲嗎?

牠噴氣之威使人驚惶。

21 牠在谷中扒地,以己力為樂,

牠出去迎戰手持武器的人。

22 牠譏笑可怕的事,並不驚慌,

也不在刀劍的面前退縮。

23 箭袋、閃爍的矛與槍,

都在牠的身上錚錚有聲。

24 牠震抖激動,馳騁大地,

一聽見角聲,就不能站定。

25 角聲一響,牠就說‘呵哈’,

牠從遠處聞到戰爭的氣味,

又聽見軍長的雷聲和戰爭的吶喊。

26 鷹鳥飛翔,展翅南飛,

是因著你的聰明嗎?

27 大鷹上騰,在高處築巢,

是聽你的吩咐嗎?

28 牠住在山巖之上,

棲息在巖崖與堅固所在之上,

29 從那裡窺看獵物,

牠們的眼睛可以從遠處觀望。

30 牠的幼雛也都吮血;

被殺的人在哪裡,鷹也在哪裡。”

39 “Alam mo ba kung kailan nanganganak ang mga kambing-gubat? Nakakita ka na ba ng usa na nanganganak? Binibilang mo ba ang mga buwan ng kanilang pagbubuntis hanggang sa sila ay manganak? At alam mo rin ba kung kailan sila manganganak? Nakayukyok silaʼt nagtitiis ng hirap hanggang sa makapanganak. Paglaki ng kanilang mga anak sa kagubatan, umaalis sila at hindi na bumabalik.

“Sino ang nagpalaya sa asnong-gubat? Ibinigay ko sa kanya ang ilang para kanyang tirhan, pinatira ko siya sa lupaing pinabayaan. Lumalayo siya sa maingay na bayan at ayaw niyang siya ay mapaamo. Paikot-ikot siya sa mga kabundukan para maghanap ng sariwang pastulan.

“Mapagtatrabaho mo ba ang bakang-gubat? Mapapanatili mo kaya siya sa kanyang kulungan kung gabi? 10 Matatalian mo kaya siya at mapag-aararo sa iyong bukid? 11 Makakaasa ka kaya sa lakas niya para gawin ang mabibigat na gawain? 12 Maaasahan mo kaya siyang tipunin at hakutin ang iyong ani papunta sa giikan?

13 “Napakagandang tingnan ng pakpak ng malaking ibong[a] kapag itoʼy pumapagaspas, pero hindi nito mapantayan ang ganda ng pakpak ng tagak. 14 Iniiwanan ng malaking ibong ito ang kanyang mga itlog sa lupa para mainitan. 15 Hindi siya nag-aalalang baka matapakan ito o madaganan ng mga hayop sa gubat. 16 Malupit siya sa kanyang mga sisiw, parang hindi kanya kung ituring. Hindi siya nag-aalala na ang pinaghirapan niya ay mawawalan ng kabuluhan. 17 Sapagkat hindi ko siya binigyan ng karunungan at pang-unawa. 18 Pero kapag tumakbo na siya, tinatawanan niya ang kabayo at ang sakay nito.

19 Job, ikaw ba ang nagbibigay ng lakas sa kabayo? Ikaw din ba ang naglagay ng kanyang kiling?[b] 20 Ikaw ba ang nagpapalukso sa kanya gaya ng isang balang at nagpapatakot sa mga tao kapag siya ay sumisinghal? 21 Kumakahig siya sa lupa na parang ipinagmamalaki ang kanyang lakas. Pagkatapos ay tumatakbo siya papunta sa digmaan. 22 Wala siyang kinatatakutan, ni hindi siya natatakot sa espada.[c] 23 Kumakalansing at kumikislap ang mga sandata ng sumasakay sa kanya. 24 Lumilipad ang alikabok sa bilis ng kanyang pagtakbo. Hindi na siya mapigilan kapag tumunog na ang trumpeta. 25 Sumisinghal siya kapag naririnig ang trumpeta. Naaamoy niya ang digmaan kahit sa malayo, at naririnig niya ang ingay ng digmaan at ang sigaw ng mga kumander.

26 “Ikaw ba ang nagtuturo sa lawin na lumipad at pumunta sa timog? 27 Ikaw ba ang nag-uutos sa agila na lumipad at gumawa ng kanyang pugad sa mataas na dako? 28 Nakatira ang agila sa mataas na bato. Ang matarik na lugar ang kanyang taguan. 29 Mula roon naghahanap siya ng madadagit, kahit ang malayo ay naaabot ng kanyang paningin. 30 At kapag may nakita siyang bangkay ay pinupuntahan niya, at ang dugo nito ang iniinom ng kanyang mga inakay.”

Footnotes

  1. 39:13 malaking ibon: o, “ostrich.” Ganito rin sa talatang 14.
  2. 39:19 kiling: o, buhok ng kabayo sa kanyang leeg.
  3. 39:22 espada: o, labanan.

39 “Do you know when the mountain goats(A) give birth?
    Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?(B)
Do you count the months till they bear?
    Do you know the time they give birth?(C)
They crouch down and bring forth their young;
    their labor pains are ended.
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
    they leave and do not return.

“Who let the wild donkey(D) go free?
    Who untied its ropes?
I gave it the wasteland(E) as its home,
    the salt flats(F) as its habitat.(G)
It laughs(H) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(I)
It ranges the hills(J) for its pasture
    and searches for any green thing.

“Will the wild ox(K) consent to serve you?(L)
    Will it stay by your manger(M) at night?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?(N)
    Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength?(O)
    Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain
    and bring it to your threshing floor?

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
    though they cannot compare
    with the wings and feathers of the stork.(P)
14 She lays her eggs on the ground
    and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
    that some wild animal may trample them.(Q)
16 She treats her young harshly,(R) as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.(S)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs(T) at horse and rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength(U)
    or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust,(V)
    striking terror(W) with its proud snorting?(X)
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,(Y)
    and charges into the fray.(Z)
22 It laughs(AA) at fear, afraid of nothing;
    it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver(AB) rattles against its side,
    along with the flashing spear(AC) and lance.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
    it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.(AD)
25 At the blast of the trumpet(AE) it snorts, ‘Aha!’
    It catches the scent of battle from afar,
    the shout of commanders and the battle cry.(AF)

26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
    and spread its wings toward the south?(AG)
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
    and build its nest on high?(AH)
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
    a rocky crag(AI) is its stronghold.
29 From there it looks for food;(AJ)
    its eyes detect it from afar.
30 Its young ones feast on blood,
    and where the slain are, there it is.”(AK)

39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.